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Re: reflector availability

Not to worry. A little bird told me that there is going to be a bumper crop of beautiful aluminum reflectors coming to CPF soon. I can't say anymore but I guarantee you will not be disappointed.

In the mean time, feel free to run your lights (even the Mag85BP) in short squirts. In my testing, the stock plastic lens melts well before the reflector does. So, if you swap the stocker with a nice unit (UCL or Borofloat) from Flashlightlens.com, you should be able to run your superlights for up to 3 or 4 minutes straight without doing significant damage.

In other words, go ahead and enjoy yourselves! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Re: reflector availability

Just as a side note, I ran an 1185 for about 3 months in the same stock reflector. I used it for many runs up to about 10 or 15 minutes. The reflector melted back about 1/8 of an inch from the bulb and then seemed to stabilize there.

Re: reflector availability - revealed!

Hi guys,

My lips have been unsealed [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]:

One of our resident super-modders, Fivemega, has 200 units in the machine shop. After they are done, they'll go to vac-dep and then they're ready to buy. Availability for purchase is no sooner than mid-February.